Today, many Americans harbor curiosity about Akashic Record readings. This sometimes confusing New Age topic traces its roots to Theosophy and, possibly, Hindu concepts of akasha.

Some very skillful mediums have reportedly consulted Akashic Records in order to learn about events impacting their clients. These readings today occur in variable formats.

This article will first discuss Akashic Records and then explore some examples of modern Akashic Record readings. The final section provides an in-depth examination of techniques used by one of the most famous readers of Akashic Records.

Akashic Records

Considerable disagreement exists today in some circles regarding the concept of Akashic Records. For instance, some famous mediums, such as the late Sylvia Browne, describe visiting a spiritual library to consult Akashic Records. Yet many other psychics don't regard Akashic Records in such a restrictive sense. One explanation for this controversy may stem from a difference in emphasis between the two important sources of information about Akashic Records, Hinduism and Theosophy.

Sanskrit And Akasha

In the Hindu religious tradition, the concept of “akasha” refers to a field of energy which contains the imprint of every single event that ever occurred. In Sanskrit, a very ancient language from India used by many early Hindu scholars, the word “akasha” itself described the concept of space or sky. Some Hindu spiritual teachers regard akasha as relating to the essence of every single thing that ever existed in the physical, emotional and mental world.

Theosophists Influence The Akashic Records Concept

In 1875, a Russian aristocrat named Helena Blavastsky co-founded a very influential organization called the Theosophical Society, dedicated to elucidating spiritual wisdom. The organization derived its name from a Greek word, “theosophia”, meaning divine wisdom.

Helena Blavatsky had always maintained a strong interest in psychic phenomenon and Spiritualism. She claimed to have traveled widely in Asia and the Middle East, and to have studied in Tibet to develop her own psychic abilities as a medium. The Theosophical Society became very influential among people studying occultism and Spiritualism in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Theosophists viewed Akasha as a an essential substance infusing and permeating every space. They considered it the primordial Universal Space underlying everything within the universe. Although Theosophists did not use the term “Akashic Records” per se, they emphasized that every physical action, word and thought leaves a trace psychic impact or impression of some sort on the universe.

New Age Ideas And Akashic Records

Mediums, especially in Europe and North America, during the modern era sometimes have analogized their ability to perform readings for clients and gain impressions as a form of consulting records in a specialized holographic library. Some of these individuals, for instance, maintain that unique Akashic Records exist in unique forms in the mineral, plant and animal kingdoms. The famous seer Edgar Cayce reportedly referred to Akashic Records when he conducted healing readings for sick people.

Other famous mediums, such as the late Sylvia Browne went even further in advancing a “library of records” concept. She claimed that after death spirits could visit a spiritual Hall of Records to consult their life charts and learn from the events that occurred when they lived on Earth. Her belief system viewed reincarnation as a frequent occurrence, an idea also accepted by most Hindus.

The issue of the existence of a formal “library” of Akashic Records has proven highly controversial, however. Most modern Hindu scholars do not regard “Akashic Records” in such a literal sense. They don't view anyone as maintaining or keeping a collection of Akashic materials in recorded form in a library, for instance.

Modern Akashic Record Readings

If the subjects of akasha and Akashic “Records” promotes wide differences of opinion, the topic of Akashic Record Readings today compounds those controversies. Numerous highly intelligent, sensitive people simply disagree about this topic.

The Chicken Or The Egg?

Some psychics maintain that an Akashic Record reading comprises a fundamentally different process from using intuition because a reader must first form a strong connection with the subject of a reading on a spiritual level in order to access Akashic impressions. The subject and the reader may connect through energy flowing from the “heart chakra” during that process.

Yet just as many biologists today refer to nature as containing “DNA libraries” that serve as the repositories of genetic material, references to an “Akashic Records” library by some mediums possibly relate to a figurative process for gaining intangible impressions.

It remains unclear whether or not intuitive readings and Akashic Record readings do always differ, or whether those experiences simply vary between individual mediums. Since people have described a variety of ways to access Akashic Records, it remains possible that this field requires a lot more research before any definitive answers will emerge.

Several Methods For Accessing Akashic Records

For instance, some writers who have explored the topic of Akashic Records maintain that individuals can gain access to those materials through several processes, including:

Other sources also include Near Death Experiences and even Guided Meditations on that list. It appears that different methods of accessing impressions from Akashic events occur, and that the best techniques for accomplishing this goal may vary significantly between individuals.

An In-Depth Illustration

Perhaps examining technique used by one of the most famous readers of Akashic Records in the past will prove helpful in gaining insight into what actually constitutes an Akashic Records Reading. Fortunately, the career of the gifted seer, Edgar Cayce, remains one of the best-documented cases of mediumship today.

An Influential And Complex Mystic

Called by one of his biographers “the Sleeping Prophet”, Edgar Cayce remains a subject of intense interest among students of the paranormal. He was born on a farm outside Hopkinsville, Kentucky in 1877 and spent much of his life residing in Virginia Beach, Virginia after 1925 until his death in 1945.

He strikes many observers today as a man of paradoxes. A devout fundamentalist Christian, his mediumship produced material concerning Akashic Records, Atlantis and other “New Age” material that he often found personally distressing. A photographer by trade with a limited educational background, he succeeded in conducting a number of very successful readings that cured complex medical and psychiatric conditions that had confounded experts.

He could not even explain his own mediumship techniques effectively because he conducted readings while in a deep trance state. Yet he remains one of the most frequently documented sources for furnishing information based on Akashic Record readings.

Readings By Edgar Cayce

Edgar Cayce began delivering readings by placing himself in a deep trance state. During the period that he gave a reading, he would respond to specific questions from an individual described as a “conductor”.

However, he was not awake at the time and reportedly had to read the transcripts of this information later. He indicated that during these sessions, his consciousness visited a place where he received access to stored akashic records. He would simply read aloud from these materials while giving readings in a trance state to clients.

People consulted with Edgar Cayce to learn the meaning of dreams, to find out how to resolve health problems, to gain guidance about occupations and to obtain insight into a variety of other topics. Frequently, when he spoke in a trance, he would discuss the past lives of clients based on information purportedly obtained from Akashic Records.

The “sleeping prophet” sometimes attributed current medical issues to situations impacting the spiritual health of individuals. He also often discussed events occurring during their past lives. Many of his recommended health treatments resembled holistic medical ideas.

Today, extensive documentation remains from Edgar Cayce's career. Scholars study the thousands of readings that he furnished to clients during his lifetime. Since Edgar Cayce initially did not believe that reincarnation occurred, many of his answers during trance states about past life issues intrigue researchers into paranormal events today.

Conclusion

The subject of what constitutes an Akashic Record Reading defies easy answers. Some mediums view the process as a very specific spiritual merging of heart chakra-based information between a reader and a subject, while others consider the Akashic Records as simply a repository of impressions available for access through any effective form of reading, remote viewing, astral projection, meditation or clairvoyance.

Although very gifted mediums such as Edgar Cayce and psychics such as Sylvia Browne discussed an Akashic archive of some type, considerable debate exists regarding this issue, too, and whether or not the “library” represents a human construct enabling the human mind to obtain easier access to akashic information. This complex subject will likely continue to fascinate researchers in the near future.